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![]() Psychological distance and isolation are important themes in the book. The use of eyecaps, which conceal the eyes, are used to great advantage in emphasizing the isolation of the characters.
Eyecaps are used as photomultipliers, making it possible to see in extremely low light levels. At the depths explored in the novel, greater than 2000 feet, the ocean is absolutely dark. The only illumination comes from occasional magama flows and from bioluminescent fish.
The eyecap is an interesting throwback to the earliest eye-goggles; Persian divers used underwater eye-goggles made from polished shells.
Compare to magic spectacles from Pygmalion's Spectacles (1935) by Stanley G. Weinbaum, video glasses from Islands in the Net (1988) by Bruce Sterling, Tru-Vu Lenses from Earth (1990) by David Brin, data goggles from Snow Crash (1992) by Neal Stephenson, overlay specs from Halting State (2007) by Charles Stross and HUD glasses from Daemon (2009) by Daniel Suarez. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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